Violent, caring, unpredictable: Public views on survivors of brain injury

The purpose of the present work was to investigate how members of the public perceived survivors of brain injury. A twenty-item list of attributes that could be used to describe characteristics of survivors of brain injury were given to three hundred and twenty-three participants. One hundred and sixty-nine psychology students and one hundred and fifty-four members of the public agreed to take part in the study. The effects of group (student and public), gender and socioeconomic status (low, moderate and high) on the attributes were assessed. Multivariate analysis of variance showed a statistically significant difference between the two groups with students holding more positive perceptions on 15 out of the 20 attributes. No effects of gender or socioeconomic status were found. The research suggests that members of the public hold less positive views on survivors of brain injury in respect to intellectual competency, ability to care and trustworthiness when compared to students.

A Study of the Development of the Ability of the Archives Department of the Hudson's Bay Company to Carry Out Document Repairs

The objective of this thesis was to determine whether the establishment and operation of an archives services by the Hudson's Bay Company had an effect on the company's ability to carry out document repairs. Data collection methods included reviews of published material, archival records of the Hudson's Bay Company, and semi-structured interviews. The study found that the Hudson's Bay Company's commitment to operating a modern archives service in accordance with accepted archive administration practices had a substantial effect on its ability to carry out document repairs. The principled approach to repair, as practiced by the Public Record Office, was a major influence. A review of secondary sources placed this development squarely within the context of archival developments in 20th century England. Overall, the thesis findings add to the growing conversation about conservation history in England, in particular, archive conservation history as it occurred outside of the Public Record Office in the 20th century, by discussing how some methods of repair that were devised, adopted and extended by the Public Record Office in the 19th and 20th centuries were adopted and applied in the 20th century by a well-established business corporation.

Potential public health impact of Age-Related Eye Disease Study results: AREDS report no. 11.

OBJECTIVE:

To estimate the potential public health impact of the findings of the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) on reducing the number of persons developing advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) during the next 5 years in the United States.

METHODS:

The AREDS clinical trial provides estimates of AMD progression rates and of reduction in risk of developing advanced AMD when a high-dose nutritional supplement of antioxidants and zinc is used. These results are applied to estimates of the US population at risk, to estimate the number of people who would potentially avoid advanced AMD during 5 years if those at risk were to take a supplement such as that used in AREDS.

RESULTS:

An estimated 8 million persons at least 55 years old in the United States have monocular or binocular intermediate AMD or monocular advanced AMD. They are considered to be at high risk for advanced AMD and are those for whom the AREDS formulation should be considered. Of these people, 1.3 million would develop advanced AMD if no treatment were given to reduce their risk. If all of these people at risk received supplements such as those used in AREDS, more than 300,000 (95% confidence interval, 158,000-487,000) of them would avoid advanced AMD and any associated vision loss during the next 5 years.

CONCLUSION:

If people at high risk for advanced AMD received supplements such as those suggested by AREDS results, the potential impact on public health in the United States would be considerable during the next 5 years.

Revue rétrospective ou Archives secrètes du dernier gouvernement : 1830-1848 : recueil non périodique / [publié par Jules Taschereau]

1848.

Les Corte-Real et leurs voyages au Nouveau-Monde d'après des documents nouveaux ou peu connus tirés des archives de Lisbonne et de Modène... ; Récit de la troisième expédition de Gaspar Corte-Real ; Gaspar Corte-Real, la date exacte de sa dernière expédition au Nouveau-Monde, d'après deux documents inédits récemment tirés des archives de La Torre do Tombo à Lisbone, dont un écrit et signé par Gaspar Corte-Real, l'autre par son frère Miguel / [publ.] par Henri Harrisse

Collection : Recueil de voyages et de documents pour servir à l'histoire de la géographie depuis le XIIIe jusqu'à la fin du XVIe siècle ; 3

Archives et bibliothèques

1955 (N1).

Archives et bibliothèques

1936 (A2,N1)- (A2,N4).

Archives et bibliothèques

1937 (A3,N1)-1938 (A3,N4).

Archives et bibliothèques

1935 (A1).

Archives et bibliothèques

1936 (A2).

Christophe Colomb : son origine, sa vie, ses voyages, sa famille et ses descendants : d'après des documents inédits tirés des archives de Gênes, de Savone, de Séville et de Madrid : études d'histoire critique. Tome 1 / par Henry Harrisse

Collection : Recueil de voyages et de documents pour servir à l'histoire de la géographie depuis le XIIIe jusqu'à la fin du XVIe siècle ; 6-7

Christophe Colomb : son origine, sa vie, ses voyages, sa famille et ses descendants : d'après des documents inédits tirés des archives de Gênes, de Savone, de Séville et de Madrid : études d'histoire critique. Tome 2 / par Henry Harrisse

Collection : Recueil de voyages et de documents pour servir à l'histoire de la géographie depuis le XIIIe jusqu'à la fin du XVIe siècle ; 6-7

Archives philosophiques, politiques et littéraires. (juillet 1817-décembre 1818, I-V)

1817 (T1).

Archives philosophiques, politiques et littéraires. (juillet 1817-décembre 1818, I-V)

1818 (T4).